A woman was struck by a train in Fort Worth on Thursday and suffered serious injuries, according to officials. Police were called to the area of South Main Street and West Jefferson Avenue, where officers found an adult female who had been hit by the train.
The woman was transported to a hospital with serious injuries, according to officials cited by WFAA. The cause of the incident remains under investigation, and no further details about how the collision happened have been released.
Police Responding to South Main Street Scene
Fort Worth police converged on the South Main Street and West Jefferson Avenue area after the report came in. Beyond locating the injured woman and getting her to medical care, officials have not said what the woman was doing near the tracks or whether the train attempted to stop, and those questions remain open as the investigation continues.
A Pattern of Train-Pedestrian Incidents in Fort Worth
Thursday's collision is not the first time a Fort Worth pedestrian has ended up in critical condition after an encounter with a train. In October 2022, a woman was found in critical condition after she was hit by a train while walking on tracks near the Seminary Street bridge in south Fort Worth, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Police, firefighters and MedStar crews had responded to that call near West Seminary Drive and Hemphill Street just before 4:30 a.m., and the woman was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital.
Not every local case has ended with survival. The Star-Telegram also reported that a pedestrian was struck and killed by a train early one morning in far north Fort Worth, with officers responding to that collision at North Tarrant Parkway and Main Street, where the pedestrian died at the scene.
National Numbers Show a Persistent Risk
The danger extends well beyond Fort Worth. Preliminary Federal Railroad Administration statistics cited by Operation Lifesaver show that 1,314 pedestrian rail-trespass casualties occurred nationwide in 2025, a total made up of 788 fatalities and 526 injuries. The organization also notes that roughly 86% of all 2025 trespass casualties were concentrated in a group of 25 states.
The City of Fort Worth maintains a railroad safety program that provides information for pedestrians and drivers and outlines safety improvements, including TxDOT and quiet-zone projects planned for local rail corridors. No information has been released indicating whether Thursday's collision is connected to any ongoing safety or crossing project in the area.
As of Thursday, investigators had not released the woman's condition beyond the initial description of serious injuries, and the circumstances that led to the collision remain unresolved. Hoodline will update this story as officials release more information.
